Incident # 18-01013 – An adult male received two
gunshot wounds to the thigh in a shooting incident Wednesday evening
08-February. At 20:47, Fire-Rescue units were dispatched to 609 Francis
Street for the report of a person shot. Information indicated the actual
incident location occurred at a business on Hampton Street and the patient
was brought to this location approximately 9 blocks away. As emergency units
were arriving on Francis Street, 9-1-1 Dispatchers advised of a second
victim that was driven to Colleton Medical Center’s ED by private car. The
second victim received a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the foot. WPD
secured the crime scene, while Firefighter-Paramedics began treating the man
in the backseat of the car. His injuries were suspected of being life
threatening, so he was rapidly transported to the Trauma Center at Trident
Medical Center in North Charleston by Fire-Rescue Medic 19. The Walterboro
Police Department is investigating the incident.